Isaac Asante-Wusu

Contact Me

asant017@umn.edu

Affiliations

• Geography, Environment and Society
• Social Sciences Student Community
• Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change-ICGC

Educational Background & Specialties

Educational Background

• PhD: Geography, Environment and Society (in progress), University of Minnesota , Twin Cities, Minneapolis.
• MA: Geography, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 2017.
• BSc (Hons): Development Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 2014.

Specialties

• Development Geography: Globalization and Development; Water (in)security and inequality in African Cities; Global Poverty
• Urban Geography: Politics of Urbanization; Urban Political Economies of African Cities; Cities and Sustainable Development; Urban Planning
• Health Geography: Spatial Etiology of Diarrheal and Typhoid Epidemics in Africa

Courses Taught

• GEOG 3361: Geography and Public Policy - U of M
• GEO 101: Global Forces, Local Diversity - Miami University
• GEO 276: Geography of the Global Economy - Miami University
• GEO 301: Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa- Miami University

Publications

• Charles Peprah, Eric Oduro-Ofori & I saac Asante-Wusu (2015). Analysis of Accessibility to Water Supply and Sanitation Services in the Awutu-Senya East Municipality, Ghana. Journal of Sustainable Development, 8, 310-325.
• Charles Peprah, Eric Oduro-Ofori & I saac Asante-Wusu (2015). The Socio-Economic Conditions of Caretaker Families Living in Uncompleted Houses in the Awutu-Senya East Municipality, Ghana. Journal of Sustainable Development, 8, 309-324.
• Asante-Wusu, Isaac, Ian Yeboah (Forthcoming ). Geography of water in/security in three localities in the Accra-Tema City-Region, Ghana.

Awards

• ICGC/Mellon Scholar Fellowship, 2017
• Graduate Assistantship Award - Miami University, August 2015 - May 2017
• Graduate School Summer Research Scholarship - Miami University , May 2016 - August 2016
• Graduate Assistantship Award – U of M , 2018